Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 62.34
Liaison Christie-Joy Hartman
Submission Date Jan. 27, 2022

STARS v2.2

James Madison University
OP-4: Building Operations and Maintenance

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 5.00 Avery Smith
Sustainability Analyst
Facilities Engineering and Construction
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Total floor area of existing building space:
8,507,301 Square feet

Floor area of existing building space operated and maintained in accordance with a sustainable management policy/program and/or a green building rating system:
Existing floor area
Certified at the highest achievable level under a multi-attribute, Green Building Council (GBC) rating system focused on the operations and maintenance of existing buildings (e.g., LEED O+M Platinum) 0 Square feet
Certified at the 2nd highest level under a 4- or 5-tier, multi-attribute, GBC rating system focused on the operations and maintenance of existing buildings (e.g., LEED O+M Gold) 0 Square feet
Certified at mid-level under a 3- or 5-tier, multi-attribute, GBC rating system focused on the operations and maintenance of existing buildings (e.g., BREEAM-In Use Very Good) 0 Square feet
Certified at a step above minimum level under a 4 -or 5–tier, multi-attribute, GBC rating system focused on the operations and maintenance of existing buildings (e.g., LEED O+M Silver) 0 Square feet
Certified at minimum level under a multi-attribute, GBC rating system focused on the operations and maintenance of existing buildings (e.g., BREEAM In-Use Pass or LEED O+M Certified) 0 Square feet
Certified at any level under a non-GBC rating system or single-attribute rating system focused on the operations and maintenance of existing buildings 0 Square feet
Operated and maintained in accordance with a multi-attribute, sustainable management policy/program, but not certified under an O+M rating system 0 Square feet
Operated and maintained in accordance with a single-attribute, sustainable management policy/program, but not certified under an O+M rating system
 8,507,301 Square feet
Total 8,507,301 Square feet

Percentage of existing building space certified under a green building rating system rating system focused on the operations and maintenance of existing buildings:
0

A brief description of the sustainable operations and maintenance policy/program and/or O+M rating system(s) used:
Facilities Management made a significant effort to install utility submeters across the campus building portfolio and is utilizing Energy Star Portfolio Manager as a benchmarking tool to assess performance of these buildings. The department is in the preliminary phases of setting goals and creating action plans to move forward with information gathered from the benchmarking effort.

See https://www.jmu.edu/JMUpolicy/policies/1701.shtml JMU Policy 1701 for more information on JMU green cleaning policy.

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainable operations and maintenance program is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Per STARS guidance, certification status of buildings space must be current at the time of submission. Therefore, all data entered for this credit is from FY 2020-2021.

Source for total floor area of existing building space: FY 2020-2021 energy budget maintained by Rodney Lam.

All building spaces at JMU are covered by JMU’s green cleaning policy.

Energy Portfolio Manager (benchmarking platform) covers 92% of all building spaces.

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